West Bromwich Albion manager Sam Allardyce will be hoping his players can maintain their current awesome boost in confidence as they prepare to welcome League rivals Southampton to the Hawthorns on Monday night in their next league fixture. Albion are currently beaming in confidence after their huge and unexpected result at Stamford Bridge last week.
The Baggies shocked the footballing world as they inflicted a devastating 5-2 defeat on Chelsea at their home – their first defeat under manager Thomas Tuchel. The result was unexpected and also sent some serious warning to the rest of the relegation battles that the Baggies are in the business of trying to maintain survival in the top-flight.
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The win over Brighton and Hove Albion was a nervy one for West Brom fans as the players fought for the three points to ensure that new manager Sam Allardyce recorded his first victory since taking charge of the team towards the end of last year. Sam Allardyce replaced SlavenBilic as the West Brom shortly after the Croatian tactician led the Baggies to a 1-1 draw at the home of Manchester City, the current Premier League leaders.
As a result, they remain at the top of the standings with a two-point advantage over Leeds United and Bilic is delighted with the hard work done by the players through the past few games, he told the club’s official website: “It’s been a really good week. I think we’ve deserved it. We also have to appreciate it, and to know what led us to this good week – hours and hours of training – and the only way we can have another week like this is basically following a very simple formula. You have to earn it, you have to work really hard to maintain and improve your efforts and everything to deserve the luck we needed.” 